IT Product Owner

Euroclear; Town of Belgium (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global team collaboration

International environment

Learning & development emphasis

Competitive salary & benefits

Job summary

Euroclear is seeking an IT Product Owner to join the GBS UK Team, delivering IT solutions and leading agile product ownership across the organisation. The role focuses on backlog management, requirements elicitation with senior partners, and promoting standard methodologies across IT and business divisions.

You will drive change in a hybrid working model, liaising with global teams, contributing to testing strategies and ensuring delivery of valuable business solutions.

Qualifications

• Previous Financial Services sector experience, Securities or FMI desirable but not essential.
• Experience with modelling techniques: Use Cases, Story Mapping, BPMN/UML data modelling.
• Familiarity with Waterfall, V-Model, SCRUM and SAFe in delivery.
• Led or mentored teams on projects.
• Experience writing and implementing testing strategies on projects.

Responsibilities

• Managing the backlog and working closely with the squad to deliver the IT implementation.
• Act as the key interface to drive requirements elicitation and shape the business solution with senior business partners.
• Communicate the business drivers behind changes and the value they bring to the organisation.
• Understand problems/needs and propose viable business solution options.
• Facilitate the implementation and deployment of system changes with support and guidance throughout change process.
• Promote standard methodologies amongst the business analyst community across IT and non-IT divisions and locations.
• Lead on validating scenarios needed to test the system and update teams with results.

Skills

Financial services

Use cases

Story mapping

Process modelling

Data modelling

Waterfall

V-Model

Scrum

SAFe

Team leadership

Testing strategies

Tools

BPMN

UML

Job description

Division:The Group Business Solutions (GBS)

The Role:

As an IT Product Owner, you will be part of the Euroclear GBS UK Team, whose mission is to provide IT solutions to support both the services of Euroclear UK & International and other Central Securities Depository (CSD's) within Euroclear Group.

The GBS Team is responsible for delivering valuable pieces of change in small, interactive cycles to maximise opportunities to gather feedback. This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate who has experience working within an agile environment as a Product Owner/IT Business Analyst to join a growing team tasked with delivering exciting new projects!

Responsibilities

• Managing the backlog and working closely with the squad to deliver the IT implementation.
• Act as the key interface to drive the requirements elicitation and shape the business solution with the senior business partners.
• Communicate an understanding of the business drivers behind operational, functional changes and the value they will bring to the organisation.
• Understand and consult on the business their problems / needs and propose options for viable business solutions that are acceptable.
• Facilitate the implementation and deployment of system changes for the business by providing them with support, advice and guidance throughout the change process.
• Champion in promoting standard methodology amongst the business analyst community across all IT and non-IT Divisions and across physical locations.
• Lead on validating the scenarios needed to test the system and update teams with the outcome of the results.

Skills

• Previous Financial Services sector - specifically within Securities or FMI is desirable but not essential.
• Experience in utilising and promoting business analysis methods such as: Modelling – Use Cases, Story Mapping, Process Modelling (BPMN, UML), Data Modelling (conceptual/logical)
• Experience of utilising industry standard methodologies such as Waterfall, V-Model, SCRUM and SAFE.
• Experienced team leading / mentoring.
• Previous experience of writing and implementing testing strategies on projects.

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About Us

Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear, and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system.

What We Offer:

• Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries.
• Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment.
• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Ways of working

Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office 8 days a month and also benefit from remote working.

Great Place to Work for All

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and strives to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of any aspect that makes them unique (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, ...). If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process. Our values guide how we work together and shape our future: Our mission and values - Euroclear

About the Team

The Group Business Solutions (GBS) division ensures the competitiveness of Euroclear by delivering reliable and sustainable IT solutions for the financial securities markets. Our technical teams deliver new IT solutions and improve existing applications for both our internal and external clients. We deploy changes into the production environment in a controlled and structured way that doesn't compromise production stability and we ensure applicative production support.